Separator and volatilizer.



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A. T. EDMONSON. SEPARATOR AND VOLATILIZER. APPLICATION FILED N-ov. 24,1911.

Pannted Aug. 27, 1912.

returned to the manifold where they will sEPAnA'roR ANnvoLATILIzER.

LVA T. EDMoNsoN, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Speoication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

Application .led November 24, 1911. Serial No. 662,083.

To all whom' t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVA T. EnMoNsoN, a

. 'l citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Separatorsand Volatilizers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a combined separator and volatilizer adapted tobe used in conjunction with an explosive engine, preferably of theliquid hydrocarbon type.

The device is particularly designed to be connected to the manifold pipeof an engine at any suitable point between the carburetor and the engineitself.

The ',principalobject of any carbureter is to break up and volatilizethe liquid hydrocarbon or other gaseous fluid so that it enters thecylinderof an engine in a volatilized state. Liquid hydro-carbon,however, is not always successfully broken up or volatilized in passingthrough avcarbureter.

The principal object of my invention. therefore, is to break up andvolatilize such portions ofthe gaseous fluid as pass throw lli thecarbureter and are not volatilized. T is `I accomplish by causing theHuid to flow in such adirection asfto set up centrifugal action; theheavier particles not volatilized being thrown against the device andsuch particles as aref'not,v broken up by the centrifugal action will bediverted from the course of the lighter or volatilized fluid and againbe subjected to centrifugal action.

Eurtherobjects of my invention reside in means for heating the conduitthrough whichv the'fluid asses, whereby volatilization willftake'z pacemore readily, and in 4 means for introducing air into the manifold.

Still vafurthe'r object. of thejdeviceis tov trap any foreign materialin the liquidhydro-carbon, so that Ait will notv enter .the cylinder;

, In `the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section, of mydevice 'attached to a ;,carbiireter.A 2 vis a sectontak'en atright'angles to `Fig. 1. Y,

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the carbureter 3 isofthe ordinary type having a gasolene or fluid intake pipe- "4, airintake pipe 5anda throttleidfor con-A trolling the amount vof fluidentering the manifold pipe 7. y

-end 10 and its discharge end 11 adapted to communicate with thecylinder of an engine. The conduit may be of any desired form wherebycentrifugal action is set up upon the fluid passing therethrough, but inthe particular structure herein shown it is in the form of an involutecurve. A jacket 12 is formed on the exterior of the device, preferablyintegral therewith, leaving a chamber 13 for the circulation of water orany other suitable medium for heating the conduit; the heating mediumbein admitted or discharged through either o the pipes 14 communicatingwith the chamber 13. At a suitable point within the conduit and formin apart of the conduit itself, I place afbailfv plate 15, which ispreferably curved, and is provided with a series of openings orperforations 16; said openingsv or perforations preferably arranged' atan angle to the flow of the liquid through the conduit. A trap 17 isthus formed between .the outer wall of' the conduit and the plate 15,thereby inclosing the openings 16 for the purpose of catching theheavier particles inthe fluid that are thrown against the plate 15 byvcentrifugal force and which pass through the perforations 16. Acommunicating passageway 18 is formed through the wall ofthe conduitleading into the-trap 17, and beneath said communicating passageway,where it l,opens into the conduit, I forni a 11p 19 projecting l betweenthe side wallsof -the conduit, thereby forming a cup intol which theheavier particles in the tluidwillffall from th'et-rap 17. A stud QO'ispreferablyformedi integral with the wall of theconduit which isyaki-ally :bored forming an air intake opening 21`controlled by a valve22 having perforations 23 therein for admitting air into the conduitwhen desired. Y In the preferred form of construction the `side wall 24ofthefdeyiceisformed separate from the remaining" integral' portion andsecured thereto by screws 25, oryany other suitable means. r I soconstruct thevdevi'ce 'for the convenience of 'manufacture with theplate 15 as a separate element, although it is obvious that the plate 15might be formed integral if desired. `I also wish it to be understoodthat the conduitI is shown in the form of an inrolute curve merely forthe reason that my device as designed is adapted for attachment to aparticular type of engine, it being necessary to make 4the device assmall in cross-section as possible, but

the conduit might be formed either helical,

. through the conduit by the suction in the manifold produced by thecylinder of the engine. In passing through the curved conduitcentrifugal action is set up so that the heavier particles of the liquidhydrocarbon, as well as any foreign material, will be thrown against theperforated portion of the conduit herein shownV as plate 15, and if suchparticles of the liquid hydro-carbon are not broken in striking theplate or perforated wall of the conduit, they will pass through theopenings 16 into the'trap 17 while the volatilized gases will pass outthrough the discharge end 11 into the engine cylinder. Such material asenters the t-rap 17 will fall through the communicating passage 18 intothe cup formed by the lip 19. It will be noted that the lip 19 partiallyobstructs the passage of the fluid through the conduit so that a partialvacuum Will be formed within the cup, but the suction in the conduitwill be sufficient. to draw the fluid from within the cup back into theconduit, and if not volat-ilized in passing through the conduit the'second time, such particles will again be caught and the action repeateduntil volatilization takes place. To aid in volatilizing the` fluid, thechamber 13 is formed in which a heated fluid may be circulated, therebyheating the wall of the conduit and assisting in the volatilization ofthe fluid passing through the conduit. y

lVhile it is not necessary it is advisable, however, to afford somemeans for introducing a sufficient amount of air into the manifold tocompensate for the additional fluid entering the manifold through thepassage 18, and to'this end I provide the valve 22 for admitting airinto the conduit which may be automatically or manually controlled asdesired.

Having now described my invention, and without limiting myself to theparticular details of construction showin-- I claim:

1. A separator` and volatilizer consisting of a conduit having anunobstructed and continuously curved inner wall formed to set up acentrifugal action on a fluid passing therethrough, said conduit havingan opening inthe Wall thereof where centrifugal action occurs, a trapadjacent said opening and a passageway communicating with said trap forreturning the fluid caught therein to said separator.

2. A separator and volatilizer consisting of aconduit having acontinuously curved inner Wall formed to set up centrifugal action onthe fluid passing therethrough, said conduit having openings wherecentrifugal action occurs, a trap adjacent said openings and acommunicating passageway between said trap and conduit.

3. A separator and volatilizer consisting of a conduit having acontinuously curved inner wall vformed to set up centrifugal action onthe fluid passing therethrough, said conduit. having openings Wherecentrifugal action occurs, a trapv adjacent said openings, acommunicating passageway between said trap and conduit andy an airpassageway opening into said conduit.

4. A separator and volatilizer consisting of a continuously curvedconduit through which a fluid is adapted to'pass, a perforated platetherein arranged at an angle to the flow, of the liquid through saidconduit, a trap communicating with said conduit and av communicatingpassageway between said trap and conduit.

5. A separator and volatilizer consisting of a continuously curvedconduit through which a fluid is adapted to pass, a perforated platetherein arranged at an angle to the flow of the liquid through saidconduit, atrap in said conduit, a communicating passageway between saidtrap and conduit and a water-jacket partially inclosing said conduit.

ALVA T. EnMoNsoN.

Witnesses SADIE M. RYAN, JAMES R. OFFIELD.

